I was at one of those nights at Bullet's bar and the energy was insane.
Hearing that Jeffrey Hills (tuba player on Lil Rascals 'Buck It Like a Horse', frequent sub for Rebirth and everyone else) passed away???
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 10 April 2023 18:43 (one year ago) link
Yeah just saw that on Facebook. So sad
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 04:20 (one year ago) link
They rolled today for Mr. Jeffery Hills pic.twitter.com/DhVjmBpgZv— Shawnieceđđ (@ShawnieceQB) April 11, 2023
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 13 April 2023 04:25 (one year ago) link
Come out tomorrow yâall pic.twitter.com/DLP5oVOsK6— Shawnieceđđ (@ShawnieceQB) April 13, 2023
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 13 April 2023 04:27 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLx4dxurbdQ
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 13 April 2023 14:23 (one year ago) link
Truly some all-stars out there - Derrick Tabb, Corey Henry, Eric Gordon, Chad Honore, Terrence Andrews, Stafford Agee, etc
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 13 April 2023 14:27 (one year ago) link
Great to hear all those Lil' Rascals tunes done with the original drummers & Corey Henry in the lineup. Damn.
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 13 April 2023 16:01 (one year ago) link
Did I spot Donna Poniatowski, or just someone who looks like her?
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 13 April 2023 17:05 (one year ago) link
Yep, that was her! Got some pics of the second line from her too.
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 13 April 2023 17:07 (one year ago) link
Cool! Good to see her.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 13 April 2023 17:16 (one year ago) link
Seeing on Facebook that 97 year old Peter Chuck Badie who played bass with a who's who of r'n'b greats has passed away.
Here's a 2017 article that touches on some of his accomplishments
https://louisarmstrongjazzcamp.com/news-events/events/scholarship-fundraiser/peter-chuck-badie-receives-the-jazz-pioneer-award-at-the-noachc-2017-scholarship-fundraiser/
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 18 April 2023 20:14 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugOhN0YObr4
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 20 April 2023 21:23 (one year ago) link
https://www.offbeat.com/music/new-breed-brass-band-made-in-new-orleans-525-worldwide/
A review of album by New Breed Brass Band
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 25 April 2023 04:19 (one year ago) link
Old-school me was hoping to see website news obits for New Orleans music greats Jeffrey Hills , Sr and for Peter Chuck Badie. But I never did.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 25 April 2023 04:23 (one year ago) link
https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/music/drumming-for-treme-brass-band-or-driving-his-famous-orange-truck-benny-jones-sr-is/article_cec1bfe2-e9da-11ed-ac1c-db40cc19cc0e.html
Long profile of percussionist Benny Jones Sr
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 11 May 2023 20:37 (one year ago) link
So Nola.com gave New Orleans bass player legend Peter Chuck Badie this standard obit. He played with Dave Bartholomew rânâb sessions in the 50s and on Sam Cooke âA Change is Gonna Comeâ plus with Lionel Hampton, and more.
https://obits.nola.com/us/obituaries/nola/name/peter-badie-obituary?id=51734149
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 18 May 2023 13:14 (eleven months ago) link
Heard some Alabama brass band on that American Routes show that sounded good
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 28 May 2023 18:17 (eleven months ago) link
Melissa A. Weber (a.k.a. Soul Sister), D.J. and scholarâRight Footâ by Rebirth Brass Band
A special characteristic of New Orleans jazz is its function as dance music. It invites audience members to not spectate, but participate. In the New Orleans brass band jazz tradition, the pioneering Rebirth Brass Band has specialized in making people dance since the group formed 40 years ago, while its founding members were teenagers. In 2008, they rerecorded their original song âPut Your Right Foot Forward,â first released in the mid-1980s as a 45 on the local SYLA label. Itâs a classic that other brass bands have added to their repertoires, whether on the stage or in the second-line streets. (Listen on YouTube)
From https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/arts/music/new-orleans-jazz-music.html
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 8 June 2023 18:31 (eleven months ago) link
YIL that "Didn't He Ramble" was written about a goat.
https://syncopatedtimes.com/the-curious-history-of-oh-didnt-he-ramble/
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 8 June 2023 18:58 (eleven months ago) link
https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/keith_spera/new-orleans-drummer-russell-batiste-jrs-st-aug-funeral/article_8655a294-67b3-11ee-a45b-c34a8115590e.html
Russell Batiste jr , New Orleans drummer Dead at 57 from a heart attack.
For four decades, he was a stalwart of the New Orleans music community. In the late 1980s he applied his powerhouse style to a latter incarnation of the Meters, then spent years with that bandâs successor, the Funky Meters.
Batiste also powered George Porter Jr. & Runninâ Pardners, Dumpstaphunk, Bonerama, Papa Grows Funk, the Wild Magnolias, the Joe Krown Trio and his own Orkestra from da Hood and Russell Batiste & Friends.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 11 October 2023 14:31 (seven months ago) link
Yeah, I saw that the other day, sad. Younger than I am.
― Large, Complex, Detailed but Irrefutable POST (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 11 October 2023 14:51 (seven months ago) link
RIP.
I thought he played on a couple tracks on Maceo Parker's Southern Exposure record, then realized that was Herman Ernest III, who died in 2011 at age 59. :(
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Wednesday, 11 October 2023 15:31 (seven months ago) link
Every Grammy Awards nominee for best Regional Roots music Album for the February 2024 Grammys is from Louisiana:
New BeginningsBuckwheat Zydeco Jr. & The Legendary Ils Sont Partis Band
Live At The 2023 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage FestivalDwayne Dopsie & The Zydeco Hellraisers
Live: Orpheum Theater NolaLost Bayou Ramblers & Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
Made In New OrleansNew Breed Brass Band
Too Much To HoldNew Orleans Nightcrawlers
Live At The Maple LeafThe Rumble Featuring Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr
― curmudgeon, Monday, 13 November 2023 20:57 (six months ago) link
I should listen to these Grammys nominees but will any of them wow me the way Sportyâs Brass Band Instagram Liveâs do ?
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 14 November 2023 19:38 (six months ago) link
Probably not, but I do like that Buckwheat's, Rockin' Dopsie's and Monk's offspring are all carrying on the tradition.
― Large, Complex, Detailed but Irrefutable POST (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 14 November 2023 22:14 (six months ago) link
Yes , and the Lost Bayou Ramblers are a very creative Cajun band . Louis Michot from that group has done some cool solo stuff and the group was did nice music on the Beasts of the Southern Wild soundtrack
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 15 November 2023 19:28 (six months ago) link
https://www.offbeat.com/news/frenchmen-street-club-d-b-a-new-orleans-is-sold/
D.b.a. Club owner retiring and selling club to locals who already own other clubs
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 16 November 2023 16:39 (six months ago) link
Thank god for this woman and anyone else who's uploading full second line footage, rather than IG clips:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paLacuoI5Iw
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Wednesday, 24 January 2024 20:14 (three months ago) link
Yes, thanks !
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 24 January 2024 20:36 (three months ago) link
St. Maryâs Academyâs skirt-wearing band first formed in 1937, making it the oldest Black girls band marching in the city. Today, it is one of just a handful of all-girl bands to regularly appear in Mardi Gras parades...This Mardi Gras season also marks the first time Raynice Crayton, 27, will be at the bandâs helm. A St. Maryâs alumna who joined the band as a seventh-grader, Crayton has already more than doubled band membership during her short tenure as director..The groupâs 52 players have varying levels of experience, from novices to passionate musicians, and they range in grades from fourth to 12th. In New Orleans East, where the schoolâs campus has been located since the 1960s, Crayton spends hours teaching girls the 10 tunes they will perform this Carnival, ranging from traditional music to a Janet Jackson song to the groupâs favorite this year: âTalking in Your Sleepâ by the Romantics..
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/of-interest/2024/02/12/mardi-gras-girls-marching-band/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzA3NzE0MDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzA5MDk2Mzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MDc3MTQwMDAsImp0aSI6Ijk5OGU2NGM1LTg2NDktNDUyYS1hNTE4LWZlZTI3ZWNjOGJlZiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9zdHlsZS9vZi1pbnRlcmVzdC8yMDI0LzAyLzEyL21hcmRpLWdyYXMtZ2lybHMtbWFyY2hpbmctYmFuZC8ifQ.v-dFiptu0EAVbzwspUbkiE3UJD4SNps-CIPtXTNLnZs
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 16:04 (three months ago) link
Happy Mardi Gras!
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 18:26 (three months ago) link
Seeing sad news on Instagram that snare drummer Kerry âFatmanâ Hunter was killed by a car ( reportedly a drunk driver) on North Claiborne at Pauger Monday night
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 15 February 2024 05:20 (three months ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/13/arts/music/new-orleans-rapper-flagboy-giz.html
37 years old rapper & Black masking Indian merges the 2 cultures on âWe Outside â 2022 song and newer album, and a remix project
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 15 February 2024 16:02 (three months ago) link
I heard that, so sad. He was never the flashiest player but had a huge and unmistakable sound, deeply rooted in the tradition. The groove on 'D-Boy' is fathoms deep. Unfortunately a lot of the best parts of New Birth Brass Band's (his main band) discography are not streaming or even on youtube, but here are some of my favorite Kerry Hunter recordings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQELLw2A_nwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=verTSC200Lshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDuwGU_cB5ghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUtJAsp28WQ
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Thursday, 15 February 2024 16:29 (three months ago) link
I am not going to be there and so hope the Friday 1 pm pacific time Pop Con presentation by USC professor Josh D Kun on the Mexican musical legacies of New Orleans will be streamed or recorded
― curmudgeon, Monday, 4 March 2024 23:37 (two months ago) link
WWOZ is streaming some of French Quarter Fest
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 11 April 2024 18:35 (one month ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/04/african-caribbean-artists-new-orleans-music-jazz
African and Caribbean musicians moving to New Orleans
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 7 May 2024 04:51 (one week ago) link